Gresham vs Portland

A side-by-side comparison of Gresham and Portland: population, income, housing, and more.

Gresham and Portland are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Portland has the higher population (642,715 vs 112,818 in Gresham). Portland has the higher median household income ($88,792 vs $73,608 in Gresham). Portland has the higher median home value ($557,600 vs $440,000 in Gresham).

Population, income & housing

	Gresham	Portland
Population	112,818	642,715
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,608	$88,792
Median home value	$440,000	$557,600
Median gross rent	$1,508	$1,596
Housing units	44,233	304,113
Homeownership rate	56.1%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gresham	Portland
Population	110,494 → 112,818 (+2.1%)	645,291 → 642,715 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$54,084 → $73,608 (+36.1%)	$71,005 → $88,792 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$287,900 → $440,000 (+52.8%)	$412,000 → $557,600 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,178 → $1,508 (+28.0%)	$1,248 → $1,596 (+27.9%)

Gresham

Population

110,494112,818

Median household income

$54,084$73,608

Median home value

$287,900$440,000

Median gross rent

$1,178$1,508

Portland

Population

645,291642,715

Median household income

$71,005$88,792

Median home value

$412,000$557,600

Median gross rent

$1,248$1,596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gresham	Portland
Under 5	6.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	19.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.8%
75 and over	5.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gresham	Portland
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	67.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	5.6%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.1%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gresham	Portland
No high school diploma	12.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	26.7%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gresham	Portland
Drove alone	68.7%	50.5%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.0%
Public transit	3.9%	7.3%
Walked	2.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	3.7%
Worked from home	11.5%	25.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gresham	Portland
1-unit, detached	52.5%	52.9%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	9.6%
20 or more units	13.9%	22.7%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Gresham	Portland
Poverty rate	12.7%	12.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1981	1966